Mara Bim
Justice & Advocacy Fellow
Mara Richards Bim is a writer, spiritual director and candidate for ordination at Royal Lane. Previously, she had a 20-year career as an award-winning theatre artist and was the founder of the nationally-acclaimed Cry Havoc Theater Company which operated in Dallas from 2014-2023. In 2020 Mara received the Holloway Family Foundation’s Visionary Leadership Award and in 2021 she was named one of D Magazine’s “78 Women Changing the Face of Dallas.”
After watching the rise of Christian nationalism for years, in 2021 Mara enrolled at Southern Methodist University’s Perkins School of Theology. She completed her third-year internship with Faith Commons under the mentorship of Rev. Dr. George Mason (retired, Wilshire Baptist Church) and Rabbi Nancy Kasten. Mara graduated with the degree of Master of Divinity (MDiv) and a Certificate in Spiritual Direction in 2024.
After graduation, Mara was the Program Director at Faith Commons. She is a Clemons Fellow at Baptist News Global where she regularly writes on the intersection of religion and politics, with a particular focus on the threats posed by Christofascism. She is also an active volunteer with Christians Against Christian Nationalism and Texas Impact. She is the first Justice & Advocacy Fellow in the newly-launched Prophetic Leadership Program.
Mara is married to Brett Bim. They share life with their 9-year-old daughter Harper.